جگر

See also: چکر

Baluchi

Noun

جگر • (jagar, jigar)

1. liver

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian جگر (jegar).

Noun

جگر • (ciger)

1. liver, lung

Descendants

• Turkish: ciğer
• → Armenian: ջիգյար (ǰigyar), ջիգար (ǰigar), ճիյեր (čiyer), ճիկար (čikar)
• → Bulgarian: джиге́р (džigér)
• → Hungarian: zsiger
• → Georgian: ჯიგარი (ǯigari)
• → Greek: τζιέρι (tziéri), τζιγέρι (tzigéri)
• → Macedonian: џигер (džiger)

Derived terms

• آق جگر (ak ciğer)
• قره جگر (kara ciğer)

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Persian

Alternative forms

• جیگر

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ykl /⁠jagar⁠/), from Old Persian [Term?], from Proto-Iranian *Hyákr̥, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyákr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥ (“liver”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Dari	جگر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷигар

جگر • (jegar)

1. liver
2. dear, darling (metaphorically)

Descendants

• Hindustani:

  → Urdu: جگر (jigar)

  → Hindi: जिगर (jigar)

• → Pashto: ځګر (dzigár), ځيګر (dzīgár), جګر (jigar)
• Turkic languagues:

  → Azerbaijani: cigər

  ⇒ Kumyk: жигерлилик (jigerlilik, “agility”)

  → Ottoman Turkish: جگر (ciger, “liver; lung”)

  Turkish: ciğer

  • → Armenian: ջիգյար (ǰigyar), ջիգար (ǰigar), ճիյեր (čiyer), ճիկար (čikar)
  • → Bulgarian: джиге́р (džigér)
  • → Hungarian: zsiger
  • → Georgian: ჯიგარი (ǯigari)
  • → Greek: τζιέρι (tziéri), τζιγέρι (tzigéri)
  • → Macedonian: џигер (džiger)

  → Uyghur: جىگەر (jiger)

  → Uzbek: jigar

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian جگر (jegar).

Noun

جگر • (jigar) m (Hindi spelling जिगर)

1. liver
2. (poetic) heart
3. (poetic) mind
4. (poetic) spirit
5. (poetic) courage
6. dear, darling (metaphorically)

Synonyms

• کلیجا